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Pakistan disbands selection committees

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Karachi, June 30: Pakistan’s cricket board said Tuesday it had disbanded its senior and junior selection committees, with an interim body headed by former captain Wasim Bari now overseeing selection for both teams.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announcement came after the chairman of the senior selection committee Abdul Qadir resigned in June, citing interference in his work by the national coach, captain and others.

“The PCB chairman (Ijaz Butt) has disbanded the national senior and junior selection committees with immediate effect,” said a PCB statement.

Neil run from Bandra to Andheri for New York

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Mumbai, June 30: Yash Raj Films’ Kabir Khan directed New York has not openly opened to great reviews but to a great welcome at the box office.

Amongst the main leads of the film, Neil Nitin Mukesh has every reason to be happy not just because it is his first mega box office success but the running that he did on Mumbai streets to bag this film ended up paying rich dividends. Confused? Well read on.

Ponting doesn’t want to see Buchanan with an England jumper

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Melbourne, June 30: John Buchanan’s link with the Lions may have annoyed Ricky Ponting, but the Australian skipper believes the former coach’s brief stint with England’s second XI will not have any impact on the visiting side, as they prepare for the Ashes, starting July 8.

ICC chief suggests four-day Tests

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London, June 30: David Morgan, the ICC president, has hinted that Test cricket may be reduced to four days to protect and enrich the game’s oldest format in the face of lucrative Twenty20 leagues like the IPL.

The suggestion comes in the wake of a few other changes that are being mooted, including a two-tier format and day-night Tests to attract more crowds.

Paes-Black Advances As Bhupati-Sania Crashes Out

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New Delhi, June 30: India’s Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black advanced into the quarterfinals of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon after defeating Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza in London on Monday.

Paes-Cara duo has defeated the 13th seeded pair of Bhupati-Sania by 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 in the third round of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship.

The first set was easily won by the top seeded pair of Paes-Cara but in the second set Bhupati-Sania came back strongly as they won the second set which went to tie-breaker.

Suleiman passes good wishes to Ahmadinejad

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Tehran, June 30: Hours after the Guardian Council confirmed the results of the June 12 poll; Lebanese President Michel Suleiman congratulated Iran’s president on his re-election.

Iran’s electoral watchdog late Monday said the recount of 10 percent of the ballot boxes had shown no irregularities.

The recount was done after defeated presidential candidates, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and Mohsen Rezaei rejected the result of the election as “fraudulent”.

US forces to free Iranian diplomats

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Washington, June 30: As part of its security accord with the Baghdad government, the US military will release the Iranian diplomats it took hostage in Iraq two years ago.

Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Kazemi-Qomi, said the diplomats would be released under the terms of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) — which requires the US military to deliver more than 1500 prisoners, including the non-Iraqi nationals, to the Baghdad government.

Ram Gopal Varma hates Michael Jackson

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Mumbai, June 30: Ram Gopal Varma had gone of to sleep late at night keeping his TV set on. So when he woke up the next morning, the first thing he saw on TV was the banner head line ‘Michael Jackson is Dead’.

A fan of the great King of Pop like countless others, Ramu however has penned down in his unique manner why he hates Michael Jackson.

States Ramu, “I hate Michael Jackson. I hate him for dying and making me realize that he is finally only a human being. I hate that he too has to breathe to live.

Tusshar Kapoor to play double role in a comedy

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Mumbai, June 30: After playing the mute guy successfully in ‘Golmaal’ and ‘Golmaal Returns’, Tusshar Kapoor is all set to play a double role for the first time in his career. The film in question is a comedy and will be directed by Sagar Ballary (of ‘Bheja Fry’ fame).

I will always be indebted to Karan Johar: Soham Shah

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Mumbai, June 30: He mysteriously disappeared after his debut film ‘Kaal released. But ‘Luck’ seems to have brought Soham Shah back.

“After parting from Dharma Productions, I had to start my struggle all over again. A lot of people took advantage of the situation, considering the controversy that followed our split [Karan Johar and Soham parted on a bitter note].

Something would always go wrong at the last minute and I was ‘out of work’ for almost four years, till ‘Luck’ happened,” Soham reminisces.

Pakistan rejects claims of US role in nuke arsenal

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Islamabad, June 30: Islamabad strongly rejects reports that the US has been spending millions of dollars to keep Pakistani nukes out of the reach of extremists.

A foreign ministry statement said on Monday that there was no truth whatsoever that any US money had been diverted toward developing or toward the maintenance of the nukes.

The ministry also emphasized that the control and command systems of nukes were completely indigenous.

BSNL comes up with new offers for “Wireless Broadband”

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New Delhi, June 30: Seeking to get edge over private telecom operators, the public sector telecommunication company of India – BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) has come up with new service plans for the customers of its CDMA platform-based data services.

Under the new offers, using BSNL NIC Cards or BSNL EVDO Cards, the subscribers can get wireless internet surfing speeds of up to 144 Kbps, and up to 2.4 Mbps respectively. What is more, BSNL is providing roaming facility on these cards.

BJP, Shiv Sena leaders among 14 arrested on gambling charges

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Surat, June 30: The Pandesara police have arrested the south Gujarat president of Shiv Sena and a BJP leader on gambling charges. The police have seized Rs 15,000 cash and 10 cellphones from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided house no. 106 of Avirbhav Society-2 in Pandesara on Sunday evening and found several people involved in gambling.

BJP says we started it, dares Cong-led govt to drop toll

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Mumbai, June 30: As the iconic Bandra-Worli Sea Link waits to get inaugurated at the hands of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday, the Bhartiya Janata Party has stake its claim over the first-of-its-kind bridge in the country.

Moreover, BJP has asked the Congress, which works for “aam admi”, to forego the toll charges since there has been a delay of 10 years in completion of the project.

Deepika allows Saif to touch her butt

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Mumbai, June 30: There was lots of buzz about Kareena Kapoor’s 10 kisses with Akshay Kumar in Kambakkht Ishq. But now it seems her beau Saif Ali Khan has gone a step further and touched Deepika Padukone’s butt in the movie Love Aaj Kal.

The film’s promos have revealed the sizzling chemistry between Saif and Deepika and have gained tremendous popularity.

Deepika is cool about the scene and says gone are the days when two flowers nodding on screen depicted a kiss. She said playing a couple on-screen two actors have to touch and kiss each other.

Salman ready to work with Shahrukh

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Mumbai, June 30: Salman Khan has got tired of his cold war with Shahrukh and wants to patch up with King Khan. In a recent interview the Bollywood hunk said that he doesn’t mind working with Shahrukh Khan in films.

The two Bollywood stars have been in logger heads since Katrina Kaif’s birthday about a year ago when they picked up a fight. The incident not only led to a lot of mud slinging between the two stars it also meant Bollywood became divided into two camps.

DA worth Rs 70.38 lakh recovered from SI’s house

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Hyderabad, June 29: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today unearthed disproportionate assets worth Rs 70.38 lakh during simultaneous raids conducted at the office and house of Rajahmundry Prohibition and Excise Sub-Inspector Katta Venkata Ramana and houses of his relatives and friends.

M S Swaminathan applauds AP farm initiative

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Hyderabad, June 29: Noted agricultural Scientist M S Swaminathan today applauded the Andhra Pradesh Government for mooting pilot ”Integrated Farm Cooperative Societies” to pave the way for survival of small and marginal farmers in globalisation era.

Giving suggestions at an all-party meeting convened by the State Government, Prof Swaminathan said ”we have to replicate the success in the cooperative dairy sector in the farm sector too to make small farms profitable and productive.

What’s common between Lara Dutta, Jessica Simpson?

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New Delhi, June 29: Bollywood beauty Lara Dutta is set to do what American actress-singer Jessica Simpson does – endorse the Indian adaptation of popular food chain Pizza Hut’s campaign for its new dish called Cheesy Bites.

Lara will don a red dress teamed with red boots just as Simpson did in a series of hugely successful Cheesy Bites commercials in the US.

Shahrukh Khan won’t risk his body

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Mumbai, June 29: Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan is no mood to take chances with his shoulders.

King Khan has decided to keep his ambitious home production Ra 1 on hold till his shoulder completely recovers.

Shahrukh had undergone surgery after he injured his shoulder while shooting for Mudassar Aziz’ Dulha Mil Gaya earlier this year.

Salman Khan all praise for Mallika

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Mumbai, June 29: Praising actress Mallika Sherawat, popular Bollywood actor Salman Khan has said she was a self-made woman of substance, who made it big in tinsel world without a godfather to push her career.

”It was pure unadulterated fun shooting with Mallika during the ‘Dus ka dum’ episode,” Salman wrote on his blog.

Shahid sings of safe sex in Kaminey

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Mumbai, June 29: At a time when most actors are trying to incorporate social messages in their films, Shahid Kapur doesn’t want to lag behind. He is promoting safe sex in his forthcoming film Kaminey.

According to reports, the actor will be seen in a song that conveys the message of safe sex in order to prevent the deadly AIDS. The lyrics have been penned down by the film’s producer and director Vishal Bharadwaj and the song will be aired from August.

BCCI to create pool of 30 cricketers

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New Delhi, June 29: Following Headlines Today’s exposé on Indian cricketers hiding their injuries prior to the World T20 tournament, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally decided to act.

The selection panel, it seems, has recognised the fact that an additional pool of players is necessary to keep up with the pressure of the international cricket calendar.

In fact, sources have confirmed to Headlines Today that selectors have almost reached an agreement with captain M.S. Dhoni and coach Gary Kirsten to create a pool of 30 players.

Mozilla: Firefox 3.5 will be released tomorrow

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Washington, June 29: Firefox 3.5 will be released tomorrow The developer of free and open source Firefox web browser – Mozilla has announced that it will officially release its Firefox 3.5 on Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

Codenamed as Shiretoko, the Firefox 3.5 version’s first Release Candidate was released on June 16, 2009; the second Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate was released on June 19, 2009; and the third Release Candidate of the version 3.5 of Firefox was released on June 24 2009.

Priyanka bags Jin Jue Award

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Mumbai, June 29: Priyanka Chopra was invited by the Shanghai International Film Festival for their closing ceremony on June 21, where she was presented with the Festival’s top award – The Jin Jue Award.

This award marks the tenth award for her in the past six months.

The award, a symbol of the traditional orient culture, is an ancient antique Chinese wine container which has a uniquely beautiful shape. Priyanka was the first Indian actor to be presented with this honour on an international platform for her contribution to cinema.